1 Thessalonians 1

CHAPTER 1

Thanksgiving

^1aPaul and ^bSilvanus and ^cTimothy,

To the ^dchurch of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: ^eGrace to you and peace.

^2aWe give thanks to God always for all of you, ^bmaking mention of you in our prayers;

³remembering without ceasing your ^awork of faith and labor of ^blove and ^1csteadfastness of hope ²in our Lord Jesus Christ before ^dour God and Father,

⁴knowing, ^abrothers beloved by God, ^byour election,

⁵for our ^agospel did not come to you in word only, but also ^bin power and in the Holy Spirit and with ^cfull assurance; just as you know ^dwhat kind of men we ¹proved to be among you for your sake.

⁶You also became ^aimitators of us and of the Lord, ^bhaving received ^cthe word in much affliction with the ^djoy of the Holy Spirit,

⁷so that you became a model to all the believers in ^aMacedonia and in ^bAchaia.

⁸For ^athe word of the Lord has ^bsounded forth from you, not only in ^cMacedonia and ^dAchaia, but also ^ein every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything.

⁹For they themselves report about us what kind of an ^aentrance we had ¹with you, and how you ^bturned to God ^cfrom ²idols to serve ^3da living and true God,

¹⁰and to ^await for His Son from ¹heaven, whom He ^braised from the dead, Jesus, who ^crescues us from ^dthe wrath to come.